Chapter Summaries

The princess consort rejected Prince Lin and chose the Ghost King, while Lan Yue’s thoughts revealed the Ghost King’s hidden wealth and influence. Prince Lin boasted that Elder Prince Lin’s Nascent Soul cultivation would protect the mansion, leaving the threat unresolved.

• The princess consort and Elder Prince Lin slapped Prince Lin and condemned him for causing trouble.
• The princess consort placed her child in the Ghost King’s arms and declared that she and her son would be his family.
• Prince Lin attacked the Ghost King as penniless, but Lan Yue revealed that Jiang Xia had inherited estates and farmland from a female chancellor.
• Lan Yue revealed that the Ghost King also stood to inherit the Listening Wind Pavilion, and he threatened to use it against Prince Lin’s Mansion.
• Prince Lin dismissed the threat and claimed Elder Prince Lin’s Nascent Soul cultivation would defeat the Listening Wind Pavilion.

Prince Lin and the Ghost King faced execution by Elder Prince Lin until Elder Whitebrow intervened on behalf of the Southern Spirit Sect’s disciples. Elder Whitebrow prepared to take them away, but Lan Yue begged him to wait because she still wanted to hear the last of the gossip.

• Lan Yue revealed that a sect master had reclaimed a ghost-veined Yin Mountain for the Ghost King, and the Ghost King boasted that he would regain his power.
• Elder Prince Lin seized the Ghost King and threatened to kill everyone who had witnessed his disgrace, including the mother and children.
• The Ghost King offered himself in exchange for sparing the mother and children, but Elder Prince Lin refused and prepared to crush them.
• Elder Whitebrow blocked Elder Prince Lin and warned him that the youngsters were disciples of the Southern Spirit Sect.
• Elder Whitebrow displayed his Nascent Soul Realm aura, and Elder Prince Lin let him take the disciples away.
• Lan Yue called after Elder Whitebrow to wait because she still wanted to hear the final piece of gossip.

The Falling Goose Sect Master rescued Ghost King Jiang Xia and his family, killed Elder Prince Lin, and took them to the Northern Region. Elder Whitebrow then hurried Lan Yue and the others toward the Dust-Forgetting Sect for the upcoming Flower God Festival.

• Lan Yue and her companions stayed to watch as Elder Prince Lin attacked Jiang Xia’s son, and an unseen force deflected his dart.
• The Falling Goose Sect Master arrived, revealed that Jiang Xia had saved her two hundred years earlier, and promised to protect his family before killing Elder Prince Lin and imprisoning his Nascent Soul.
• Lan Yue’s thoughts exposed that Elder Prince Lin’s fake son had been planted by a rival, and the furious Nascent Soul collapsed after hearing the gossip.
• The Falling Goose Sect Master took Jiang Xia, his wife, their child, and willing orphans to the Northern Region, while the recently captured children returned home.
• Elder Whitebrow carried Lan Yue and the others away and put them on a Spirit Boat bound for the Dust-Forgetting Sect, where the Flower God Festival was approaching.

Elder Whitebrow brought Lan Yue, the other girls, and Yuan Shuo to the Dust-Forgetting Sect in disguise, hoping to keep them safe while he pursued a chance to reunite with the Scarlet Moon Sect Master. The chapter left them shut inside Elder Whitebrow’s courtyard as the sect prepared for its Flower God Festival and its master’s disciple selection.

• Elder Whitebrow dressed Yuan Shuo in a coarse hemp dress and introduced the group as orphan girls when they entered the Dust-Forgetting Sect.
• Lan Yue and the others saw the sect’s cultivators preparing for the Flower God Festival, where the master would emerge to select disciples.
• A pink-robed fairy maiden invited Elder Whitebrow to join the peach blossom group and offered the girls a place to stay, but Elder Whitebrow refused and hurried them away.
• Elder Whitebrow shut the girls inside his courtyard and warned them not to wander among the beauties.
• Lan Yue began asking whether the elder selecting disciples was connected to the Scarlet Moon Sect Master, but Elder Whitebrow stopped her and demanded they keep his identity secret.

Lan Yue returned to the Dust-Forgetting Sect and agreed to help Elder Whitebrow prepare a performance for the Flower God Festival. On festival day, Yun Chong and the Southern Spirit Sect elders arrived and were surprised to find Lan Yue and her companions among the performers.

• Lan Yue sent her master a long letter describing her travels, then returned to the Dust-Forgetting Sect with Silver Snow.
• Elder Whitebrow asked Lan Yue to choose his flower motif and do his makeup for the Flower God Festival, offering her supreme-grade spirit stones.
• Lan Yue, Yun Xi, and Wu Tianya discussed ways to make Elder Whitebrow stand out and settled on a costume transformation with an elaborate staging.
• Elder Whitebrow gave Lan Yue more spirit stones for the performance, and she happily accepted them.
• Yun Chong arrived at the Flower God Festival and was startled to see his daughter and Lan Yue's companions sitting among the performers.

Yun Xi, Lan Yue, Yuan Shuo, and the others staged a play with Elder Whitebrow disguised as a farm girl and Yuan Shuo appearing as a glowing, white-robed divine woman. Their performance stunned the Southern Spirit Sect elders, especially the Artifact Refining Hall master, who saw his nephew dressed as a woman.

• Yun Xi reassured Lan Yue and the others that she would protect them if Yun Chong was watching, while Yuan Shuo reluctantly agreed to wear a dress.
• Elder Whitebrow went onstage disguised as a farm girl and lamented her ruined harvest as the little ones, acting as monsters, destroyed the crops.
• The Southern Spirit Sect elders recognized Lan Yue's laughter among the monsters and wondered whether the performers were real creatures or the little ones.
• Yuan Shuo appeared in a glowing halo as a divine woman, bestowed a magic wand, and told the transformed heroes to protect the land.
• Yun Chong recognized Yuan Shuo's aura, and the Artifact Refining Hall master realized his nephew was performing in women's clothing using a spirit artifact he had given him.

Lan Yue and the others performed a transformation show with Elder Whitebrow, drawing thunderous applause at the Dust-Forgetting Sect. Afterward, they returned to Li Bai and the others, who confronted them for sneaking off to perform.

• Elder Whitebrow transformed into a magical girl and froze the demonic beasts during the performance, while Lan Yue worried he had forgotten his scripted catchphrase.
• Lan Yue and the others rushed onstage, transformed into Holy Light Pretty Girls, and blasted away the demonic energy as the audience watched in amazement.
• Li Bai and Wu Tianyu reacted with shock, and the Scarlet Moon Sect Master praised the performance while wondering who the tall performer was.
• Elder Whitebrow rewarded Lan Yue with more supreme-grade spirit stones, and Lan Yue led the group back to the Nanjing Sect seating area.
• Li Bai scolded the group for sneaking off, but Lan Yue silenced him by asking if he had wanted to transform into a pretty girl with them.

Lan Yue discovered that real members of the Devil Race had infiltrated the Dust-Forgetting Sect, but they fled after mistaking the Holy Light Pretty Girls’ performance for an ambush. The sect masters began discussing how to investigate their demonic artifacts, then Lan Yue spotted the unconscious leader still nearby.

• Lan Yue noticed black-and-red Devil Race markers on her system map and saw them retreat.
• The sect masters chased the intruders and found a nearly closed Demon Abyss Rift.
• Lan Yue realized the intruders had mistaken the Holy Light Pretty Girls’ performance for a planned ambush and fled.
• The sect masters discussed the threat of the Devil Race’s special artifacts and considered alerting the Four Domains Battlefield.
• Lan Yue spotted another red marker and realized the Devil Race leader had been knocked unconscious during the performance.

Lan Yue watched as people from the Listening Wind Pavilion confronted Liu Qiaoqiao at the Dust-Forgetting Sect over her broken engagement, while her gossip system revealed what had really happened between her former fiancé and his cousin. The chapter ended with everyone involuntarily witnessing the private scene Lan Yue watched, only for it to become a mosaic.

• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master captured a concealed Demonic Beast, and Lan Yue was relieved she would not have to sneak him out.
• Lan Yue skipped gossip about the Southern Spirit Sect's Sect Master and noticed a new story about someone cultivating the Unfeeling Dao.
• The Ambush-Slaying Hall Master arrived with two captured gate attendants and demanded that the Dust-Forgetting Sect hand over Liu Qiaoqiao.
• Liu Qiaoqiao said her engagement had been canceled and that she had switched to cultivating the Unfeeling Dao.
• Liu Qiaoqiao's former fiancé and his cousin claimed their private encounter was only about treating his wound, and the man repeatedly coughed up blood.
• Lan Yue's thoughts and gossip feed showed the pair embracing after undressing, leaving everyone watching until the image turned into a mosaic.

Lan Yue’s inner voice exposed the older brother’s affair with the woman in the pale yellow dress and revealed that he had secretly fed a Gu Insect to control the master of the Ambush-Slaying Hall. The Scarlet Moon Sect Master stopped the pair from leaving the Dust-Forgetting Sect, keeping them there as the gathered cultivators awaited more gossip.

• Liu Qiaoqiao challenged the woman in the pale yellow dress and the older brother after their claims of innocence were exposed.
• The master of the Ambush-Slaying Hall initially believed his brother and accused the others of using an illusion, but Lan Yue revealed that his brother had fed him a Gu Insect.
• The gathered cultivators realized the older brother had tried to control his younger brother to pursue the younger brother’s wife.
• The older brother and the woman in the pale yellow dress tried to leave the Dust-Forgetting Sect, but the Scarlet Moon Sect Master blocked them with her Spirit Transformation aura.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master seated the pair and invited them to drink, while the master of the Ambush-Slaying Hall took a chair nearby.

Liu Qiaoqiao confronted Zhou Zhuo after Lan Yue revealed he planned to kill his wife to attain the Dao, while Zhou Zhuo tried to convince his younger brother that he was innocent. Lan Yue exposed more of Zhou Zhuo’s schemes, and he passed out after repeatedly spitting blood, only to wake and keep denying them.

• Lan Yue revealed that Liu Qiaoqiao had chosen the Unfeeling Dao after discovering trouble between her and Zhou Zhuo, and that Zhou Zhuo’s cultivation method required him to kill his wife to attain the Dao.
• Zhou Zhuo tearfully persuaded Zhou Wu to trust him, while Liu Qiaoqiao accused him of planning to kill her and the woman in pale yellow defended him.
• Zhou Zhuo offered Liu Qiaoqiao a dagger and challenged her to stab him, then tried to cut himself open, but the woman in pale yellow and Zhou Wu pinned him down.
• Lan Yue revealed that Zhou Zhuo wanted to kill Liu Qiaoqiao so he could be with his beloved younger female cousin, and that he had fed Gu Insects to Zhou Wu to control his thoughts and keep him chaste for her.
• Zhou Zhuo passed out from spitting blood, then woke when Zhou Wu’s long saber hit the ground and denied that he intended to kill a wife for his cultivation.
• Lan Yue revealed that Zhou Zhuo had pursued Liu Qiaoqiao for her talent, causing him to spit out another mouthful of blood.

Zhou Zhuo’s sinister cultivation scheme was exposed, and Lan Yue’s gossip revealed that Jiaojiao planned to steal his cultivation and belongings after his death. The sect leaders restrained Zhou Zhuo while Lan Yue considered asking the system to spend her gossip points on cultivation.

• The sect masters and elders heard that Zhou Zhuo practiced a manual that rewarded him for killing a talented wife, and they decided not to let him leave.
• Zhou Wu realized Zhou Zhuo had meant to marry their cousin Liu Qiaoqiao himself, and he spat saliva onto Zhou Zhuo’s eyelid.
• Zhou Zhuo found his spiritual energy restrained and watched Jiaojiao move away from him when he asked her for help.
• Lan Yue’s inner voice revealed that Jiaojiao intended to take Zhou Zhuo’s cultivation and possessions after his killing-wife scheme got him killed.
• Lan Yue decided to ask the system whether she could use her gossip points to improve her cultivation, and the system admitted her reasoning made sense.

Liu Qiaoqiao accused Zhou Zhuo of practicing demonic arts, and the sect masters exposed his companion as a member of the Devil Race. After capturing her and sealing a Demon Abyss Rift, Yun Chong decided to watch over Lan Yue and the other youngsters to find more infiltrators, while the elders ordered them back to cultivation.

• Liu Qiaoqiao accused Zhou Zhuo of practicing demonic arts and claimed he had planned to kill her, prompting the sect masters to intervene.
• The Jade Light Sect Master comforted Liu Qiaoqiao, while Zhou Zhuo fainted after learning she was her aunt.
• The Scarlet Moon Sect Master caught Jiao Jiao as she tried to escape, and Yun Chong sealed the Demon Abyss Rift she opened.
• The sect masters revealed Jiao Jiao's true Devil Race form, and Zhou Zhuo fainted again.
• Yun Chong decided to keep watch over Lan Yue and the other youngsters, reasoning that they were likely to encounter more members of the Devil Race.
• The Second Elder told the youngsters to return and cultivate, and they shuddered at the thought of elders accompanying them sightseeing.

Lan Yue discovered that her system could convert intelligence and borrowed 5,000 points to improve her cultivation, then returned to enjoying gossip at Spirit Moon Peak. As gossip about a sinister cultivation manual spread through the Southern Spirit Sect, a senior brother revealed he might have encountered something similar.

• Lan Yue checked her points, learned the system had added an intelligence-conversion feature, and agreed to borrow 5,000 points despite initially refusing to borrow more.
• Lan Yue saw Liu Qiaoqiao playing the zither and painting with two handsome men, while Elder Wan followed a beautiful fairy around the Dust-Forgetting Sect.
• Elder Whitebrow won the Flower God Festival after the Devil Race members were caught, but the Scarlet Moon Sect Master discovered his identity and threw him out.
• Lan Yue used the system to learn that Zhou Zhuo had ended his engagement and that the Ambush-Slaying Hall master had resigned and moved to the Dust-Forgetting Sect.
• Southern Spirit Sect disciples spread Lan Yue’s gossip about the sinister cultivation manual, and a senior brother said he might have encountered something like it too.

Elder Duanmu reported that the Greenstone Sect’s Demon Abyss Rift had been sealed and its parasitized disciples controlled, but Yun Chong and the elders feared the sect was still compromised. Lan Yue recalled that the Greenstone Sect would later massacre many disciples at the Four-Region Grand Competition, and Elder Duanmu agreed to take her there to find hidden members of the Devil Race.

• Elder Duanmu returned from the Greenstone Sect and told Yun Chong that its parasitized disciples were under control and the rift had been sealed, though Devil Race members might still be hiding.
• Elder Duanmu said the rift had appeared three days before the Ruins on Spirit-Denuded Island opened, and Yun Chong explained that the demonic cultivation manual had reached the Cultivation World long before then.
• Lan Yue recalled the Greenstone Sect’s future massacre at the Four-Region Grand Competition and resolved to stop the Devil Race before it could happen.
• Lan Yue offered to accompany Elder Duanmu, claiming she could use a formation from the Formation Pagoda to identify hidden members of the Devil Race.
• Elder Duanmu agreed to take Lan Yue to the Greenstone Sect before she could use her gossip about him as leverage.

The elders decided Lan Yue had to help detect parasitic devils at the Greenstone Sect and agreed to protect her without revealing they could hear her thoughts. Lan Yue’s companions volunteered to join the mission, and she agreed to take them along.

• The Third Elder questioned whether juniors could handle the devils, and the Second Elder explained that Lan Yue was the only one who had mastered the Demon-Detecting Formation.
• The elders recalled how Lan Yue’s gossip had exposed a demonic cultivation manual spreading through a lineage and agreed that her abilities made her vital to the Cultivation World.
• Yun Chong proposed secretly guarding Lan Yue and concealing that the elders could hear her thoughts, fearing the Immortal Artifact might leave if she learned the truth.
• Yun Xi, Wu Tianya, Wu Tianyu, Li Bai, and Yuan Shuo offered their abilities and insisted on accompanying Lan Yue to the Greenstone Sect.
• Lan Yue considered the risks to the group, then agreed that everyone would set out together.

Lan Yue and the Southern Spirit Sect’s elders arrived near the sealed Greenstone Sect to investigate the Devil Race’s scheme. Seeing Qing Zhu, Jiang Li, and Xing Yue there, Lan Yue feared fate would repeat the original novel’s tragedies, but she reminded herself that the story had already changed and searched her memories for new information.

• The Sixth Elder warned Lan Yue and the other youngsters to stay close to Elder Duanmu, then revealed that he would accompany them to the Greenstone Sect.
• The group reached the Greenstone Sect, which occupied only a few small hills, and learned that formations had sealed off the entire area.
• The elders settled in temporary Bamboo Houses outside the sect while they prepared to investigate.
• Lan Yue found Qing Zhu and warned her to watch out for the Devil Race because a possessed Greenstone Sect elder had killed her in the original novel.
• Jiang Li and Xing Yue arrived and asked about Lan Yue and Silver Snow, making Lan Yue fear that fate might still claim her senior siblings.
• Lan Yue reassured herself that the changed story could lead to different outcomes and searched her memories for new developments at the Greenstone Sect.

Lan Yue learned that her restricted gossip abilities came from being a Beginner Gossip Spectator, despite owing 27,000 points, and focused on investigating the Greenstone Sect. The Sixth Elder carried her through the Demon-Sealing Formation, where Lan Yue recognized the formation and plotted to make Elder Duanmu copy an improved one.

• The system told Lan Yue she could advance beyond Beginner Gossip Spectator after earning enough points, but she owed 27,000 points and had unlocked the achievement Ever Deeper in Debt.
• The elders realized how powerful Lan Yue's gossip gathering could become and decided to strengthen her protection.
• Lan Yue assigned Elder Duanmu and the others tasks for setting up a formation, then searched her past gossip for information about the Greenstone Sect.
• Lan Yue found her earlier gossip about Elder Xing Hao, but the Sixth Elder doubted he could provide useful clues and carried her into the Greenstone Sect's Demon-Sealing Formation.
• Lan Yue recognized the Ancient Era formation and planned to give Elder Duanmu a more powerful design to copy repeatedly.

Lan Yue arrived at the Greenstone Sect and learned that Ling'er was the Sect Master's daughter, who was still pining for a man accused of stealing the sect's riches. Lan Yue recognized Ling'er as the double agent's second wife, and the Greenstone Sect members froze when they heard her inner thoughts.

• The Southern Spirit Sect elder explained that disciples possessed by demonic beasts had to be awakened while the sect remained sealed.
• The Sect Master rebuked his daughter Ling'er for still caring about the man who had left with the sect's riches, and she coughed up blood.
• Lan Yue and the Sixth Elder arrived, while Ling'er discreetly noticed them and the Southern Spirit Sect disciples discussed her troubles outside the main gate.
• Lan Yue joined the disciples, asked about Ling'er, and the group realized elders were secretly watching over her.
• Ling'er offered to help awaken the possessed disciples, and Lan Yue recognized her as the double agent's second wife, causing the Greenstone Sect members to freeze.

Lan Yue uncovered that Elder Xing Hao had been the Mysterious Leaf Sect’s undercover agent in the Greenstone Sect, where he married the Greenstone Sect Master’s adopted daughter, making the two Sect Masters his fathers-in-law. Xing Hao arrived to confront the Greenstone Sect Master, only to recognize Lan Yue as the girl who had exposed his secrets.

• The Mysterious Leaf Sect arrived at the Greenstone Sect and traded insults with its elders while the Southern Spirit Sect disciples listened in.
• Lan Yue revealed that the Mysterious Leaf Sect Sect Master's son-in-law was the same man who had married the Greenstone Sect Master's adopted daughter and served as an undercover agent.
• Lan Yue identified the man as Elder Xing Hao and noted that he had later infiltrated the Southern Spirit Sect too.
• Elder Xing Hao flew to the Greenstone Sect gates and demanded justice from Old Qingyang over the woman he had been promised.
• Xing Hao spotted Lan Yue and recognized her as the girl who had exposed his secrets before he was captured.